Chapter 14 of The Wind Bloweth is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Wind Bloweth is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird.... The wind blew from the nor'west.... The foam snarled beneath the bows.... "I don't like it.... I don't like it...."
Chapter 14 of The Wind Bloweth is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....”
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading “The wind blew from the nor'west....”
plural of “bow” — a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading “The foam snarled beneath the bows....”
an athletic competition that involves diving into water
From this reading “Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....”
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading “The foam snarled beneath the bows....”
plural of “gander” — mature male goose
From this reading “Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....”
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading “Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....”
tangled in knots or snarls
From this reading “The foam snarled beneath the bows....”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The foam snarled beneath the bows....
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading The wind blew from the nor'west....
plural of “bow” — a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading The foam snarled beneath the bows....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
an athletic competition that involves diving into water
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't like it....
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading The foam snarled beneath the bows....
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wind blew from the nor'west....
plural of “gander” — mature male goose
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't like it....
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I don't like it....
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I don't like it....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wind blew from the nor'west....
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
tangled in knots or snarls
From this reading The foam snarled beneath the bows....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Honk-honk of wild ganders in the distance, and occasionally the _chugh_ of a diving bird....
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind blew from the nor'west....
Chapter 14 of The Wind Bloweth by Donn Byrne holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 14 holds 399 sentences of The Wind Bloweth, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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